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15 Cards in this Set
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Agricultural Village
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Village owns land.
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Campesino
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A Native American farmer or laborer.
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Commercial Farming
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Coffee & bananas, coffee & sugar, cattle products.
Previously owned by foreign companies. |
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Diversification
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The solution to problem of one product econ= many products.
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Foreign Companies
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Interference in LA politics.
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Haciendas
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Large estates where peasants given some land, given no pay from owners. Peasants in debt.
Taken from European manorial system. |
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Inefficient Agricultural Methods
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Used due to cheap labor.
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Land Reform Attempts
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Mexico after 1910 Revolution.
Venezuela 1958. Cuba: Collective farms established by Castro. Peru & Bolivia: Military governements enacted reforms. |
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Land Reform Difficulties/
Land Redistribution |
90% of land owned by 10% of population.
Land owners control government, making reform difficult. |
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Land Reform Success requires:
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Training in modern farming methods.
Low interest loans for tools, seeds, fertilizers. Transportation systems to get food to markets. |
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One-product economy
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Dangerous because if market demand changes, there’s no plan B.
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Present Day Agriculture
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Subsistence farming; agricultural village; haciendas; commercial farming.
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Subsistence Farming
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Just enough to live from.
Bartering takes place. |
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Traditional Agriculture
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Land communally owned.
Agri. Developments: Terracing, irrigation. Practiced by Native Americans: Maya, Aztec, Incan |
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Traditional Agriculture:
Spanish Legacy |
Spanish converted land to pasture, best agri land taken for plantations.
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